Families of the 50 people killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings are enduring an increasingly agonizing wait for the bodies of victims to be released as New Zealand reels from the unprecedented tragedy.
A 40-year-old female resident of the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested on the street in the hours after the 1 a.m. blaze, as French police opened a criminal investigation into voluntary arson resulting in death.
The climactic events that year — from revolutionaries in the streets of Tehran to blindfolded American hostages in the U.S. Embassy hostage crisis months later — not only changed Iran's history but also helped shape today's Middle East.
The Venezuelan president broke relations with the United States on Wednesday after the Trump administration and many other nations in the region recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president.
Violence flared again Wednesday during big anti-government demonstrations across Venezuela, and at least seven protesters were reported killed in the escalating confrontation with Maduro, who has been increasingly accused of undemocratic behavior by the United States and many other nations.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is battling to save her job after staking her political reputation on a last-ditch effort to win support for the divorce agreement she negotiated with the European Union.
Russia said they have granted U.S. consular officials access to Paul Whelan, 48, who was arrested in Moscow on Friday on suspicion of carrying out an act of espionage, CNN reported.
The Vatican spokesman, Greg Burke, and his deputy resigned suddenly Monday amid an overhaul of the Vatican's communications operations that coincides with a troubled period in Pope Francis' papacy
The mayor of Venice says the local government has authorization to charge day-trippers for access to the city's historic center to defray maintenance and security costs
Paris is holding its annual New Year's Eve celebration on the Champs-Elysees under heavy security as protesters planned to gather on the famed avenue where a peaceful march previously led to violent clashes with police
The U.S. ambassador to Britain has cast doubts on whether a major bilateral trade deal can be reached if Parliament approves the Brexit proposal from Prime Minister Theresa May
A Philippine general says at least two people were killed and 21 others wounded when a bomb believed to be detonated remotely by suspected Muslim militants exploded near the entrance of a mall in the country's south
As votes are counted Monday in Congo's long-delayed presidential election, the internet was cut across the vast Central African country, apparently to prevent social media speculation about the results
Flickering candles and white flowers adorn a makeshift altar in a simple wooden home in Guatemala, remembering 8-year-old Felipe Gomez Alonzo, who on Christmas Eve became the second Guatemalan child to die while in U.S. border custody
Bangladesh Prime Minister-elect Sheikh Hasina is trumpeting her accomplishments and dismissing opposition claims that an election giving her a record fourth term in power was rigged
Desmond Boylan, a photographer who covered war and conflict across the world before dedicating his life to documenting the joys and tribulations of daily life in Cuba for The Associated Press, died suddenly on Saturday afternoon in Havana
France is deploying more than 147,000 security forces nationwide to gird for New Year's Eve unrest as yellow vest protesters prepare to join the public revelry
Moroccan prosecutors have filed preliminary terrorism charges against 15 people who are suspected of links to the killing of two Scandinavian women in the Atlas Mountains
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told U.S. President Donald Trump in a New Year's letter that the Kremlin is "open to dialogue" on the myriad issues hindering relations between their countries
Police say a judge has ordered the continued detention of a young Polish man who forced open a locked perimeter gate at Germany's Hannover Airport and drove his car onto the airfield
The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says that withdrawing up to half the 14,000 American troops serving there reduces the incentive for the Taliban to negotiate
Russia is resettling 30 children of jailed or deceased Islamic State members from Iraq, as those involved in the battle against the extremist group are still deliberating over what to do with the families of its defeated militants
An international trade association says on-the-job slayings of journalists and news media staff rose again in 2018 following an overall decline during the past half-dozen years
Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission says presidential polls initially scheduled for April, will now be held July 20 to allow time to fix technical problems that surfaced during October parliamentary elections
Syria's state news agency says President Bashar Assad has authorized Iraqi forces to attack the Islamic State group inside Syria without waiting for permission from authorities in Damascus
Israel's Foreign Ministry says its embassy in Jordan has filed a strong condemnation with the kingdom over a picture of a Jordanian government minister stepping on an image of the Israeli flag
South Korea says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in calling for more talks between the leaders in the new year
Election officials in Congo are counting ballots from Sunday's presidential election after a day in which numerous problems hampered voting across the vast Central African nation
Relatives of Felipe Gomez Alonzo, who on Christmas Eve became the second Guatemalan child to die in U.S. border custody, are remembering the boy in his home village with flowers, candles and photographs
Congo's election officials began counting ballots Sunday evening, after closing time for polling stations, although many voting centers stayed open to make up for lengthy delays
In a brilliant flip of the script, the empty hotel that towers over the Pyongyang skyline has been reborn as a symbol of North Korean pride and ingenuity
Bangladesh's opposition alliance leader has called the country's general election "farcical," saying any outcome will be rejected and demanding that a new election be held under the authority of a "nonpartisan government."
A rescue helicopter has crashed near the world's longest zipline, killing its entire crew in Ras al-Khaimah in the northeastern area of the United Arab Emirates
German police say a man forced open a locked gate on the security perimeter of Hannover Airport and drove a car onto the airfield before coming to a halt underneath an airliner and being detained
A 2-year-old boy whose Yemeni mother fought the Trump administration's travel ban to see her son again has been buried a day after he was taken off life support at a California hospital
British police say two drones found near London's Gatwick Airport were not involved in the incidents that led to the shutdown of the busy airport just days before Christmas
Yemen's Shiite rebels say they handed over control of the main port in the Red Sea city of Hodeida to the coast guard and local administrators, but the government denies this, calling it a ploy
Across Asia, there are pockets of optimism but also a pervasive feeling of disquiet as 2018 closes, a lot of which is linked to the twin political behemoths whose presence has been felt this year in every corner of Asia: China and Trump
British divers who came to the rescue of young soccer players trapped inside a flooded cave in Thailand are among those being recognized in Britain's New Year's Honors List
The Vatican's sexual abuse case against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has expanded significantly with a man's testimony that the retired American archbishop sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11
The Trump administration seeks to cement close ties with Brazil's incoming far-right leader with a visit to the country next week by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
France's Foreign Ministry is threatening legal action against a former security aide to President Emmanuel Macron, amid reports that he continued using his diplomatic passports after being fired for beating a protester
Romania's president extends the mandate of the Army's chief of staff against the wishes of the government who allegedly was in a dispute with him over the acquisition of warships
Turkey-backed Syrian fighters say their forces are on alert and ready for an offensive in a flashpoint Kurdish-held town after Syrian troops announced that they have entered it and raised the government's flag there
Bosnian prosecutors have charged 13 former fighters in two separate cases of war crimes against Serb civilians and prisoners during the country's 1992-95 ethnic war
Italy's premier denies that the new budget was dictated by the European Commission, saying that he held firm on key points like the basic income and the rollbacks in an unpopular pension reform
